Om Birla launches Fit India drive in Parliament complex
New Delhi, Sep 6: Union ministers and other parliamentarians joined Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday as he launched the Fit India drive at the Parliament House, saying it should become a people's movement.
MPs should ensure that people in their constituencies take to the fitness drive and there should be a "healthy competition" among them to be one of the fittest places in the country, Birla said.
He said as yoga gained in popularity since the start of the International Yoga Day at India's behest, Fit India Movement too should become a "people's movement", according to a statement.
Birla led the participants to a walk around the complex before they were briefed by instructors about various exercises.
Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said the message is that only a healthy nation can become a strong nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the Fit India Movement on August 29 to mark the National Sports Day.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
